IEEE 802.15 Working Group for WPANs™

The following page will provide you all the information you will need to cast your vote in the IEEE 802.15 Working Group for WPANs™ eighth Letter Ballot. For your convenience we have provided a Zip archive of the 802.15 Letter Ballot #8 Distribution Package, in Zip (7255KB) (WG Password Required, Members Only) or the individual files can be downloaded:

START OF BALLOT: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2001 11pm EST USA
CLOSURE OF BALLOT: SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2001 11pm EST USA

IEEE 802.15.1 LETTER BALLOT #8

• Mar01 Hilton Head, SC USA, "Working Group Task Group 1 Closing Report (and LB8 Report)", Ian Gifford, M/A-COM
• LB8 Ballot Review Committee DB (as of 15Mar01), in MS Excel (184KB)
  • LB8 Ballot Review Committee Report, Accepted Closed (as of 15Mar01), in Adobe Acrobat PDF (34KB)
  • LB8 Ballot Review Committee Report, Accepted Open (as of 15Mar01), in Adobe Acrobat PDF (29KB)
  • LB8 Ballot Review Committee Report, Accepted Unsatisfied (as of 15Mar01), in Adobe Acrobat PDF (11KB)
  • Note: Here is a graphic, JPG (36KB) that depicts the 802.3 Comment and Response Status methodology we adopted.
• Results E-Mail Subject: WPAN/ LB8 IEEE Draft P802.15.1/0.8.0 - Passed, 46/4/1 or 92%, in HTML (WG Password Required, Members Only)
• Kickoff #2 E-Mail Subject: WPAN/ LB8 begins today, in HTML (WG Password Required, Members Only)
• Kickoff #1 E-Mail Subject: WPAN/ 802.15.1/D0.7.4 Availability, in HTML (WG Password Required, Members Only)
• 9Feb01 LB8 Distribution Package [see also LB8.zip above]:
  • Instructions for WG Letter Ballots of 802.15, in Adobe PDF (28KB)
  • Letter Ballot #8 of 802.15, in MS Word (136KB)
  • Letter Ballot #8 of 802.15 Comment Worksheet Form, in MS Excel (17KB)
  • LB3 Resolution Workbook 00159r18P802-15_TG1-Results_of_LB3.xls
  • Draft Std IEEE P802.15.1/D0.8.0, in Adobe PDF (8576KB) (WG Password Required, Members Only)
• Comparison P802.15.1/D0.7.2 to D0.8.0, in Zip Archive (3941KB) (WG Password Required, Members Only) 

 Previous Drafts for your reference:

• 4Feb01 "Proof Copy"
  • Draft Std IEEE P802.15.1/D0.7.4, in Adobe PDF (8758KB) (WG Password Required, Members Only)
• 24May00 "LB3 Draft"
  • Draft Std IEEE P802.15.1/D0.7.2, in Adobe PDF (3082KB) (WG Password Required, Members Only)
• 4Nov99 "LB1 Draft"
  • Draft Std IEEE P802.15.1/D0.6.0, in Adobe PDF (2713KB) (WG Password Required, Members Only)

GENERAL INFORMATION TO ASSIST THE VOTER

• IEEE Standards FAQs
• IEEE FAQ on Balloting a Standard
• IEEE-SA Standards Process-at-a-glance
• IEEE Documentation About the IEEE Standards Process
• IEEE 802 Procedural Documents
• IEEE 802.15 Operating Rules in Adobe PDF (585KB)
• IEEE 802.15 Task Group 1 (TG1)
• Bluetooth Specifications (off site)

Have you joined the LAN-MAN 802.15 Balloting Pool? If not, you should consider joining. It is easy to become an IEEE-SA Member and it provides the IEEE 802.15 Working Group Voter the ability to continue to ballot on the technical validity of our proposed standard(s) - post Working Group or rather in Sponsor Ballot. The IEEE-SA Member dues are nominal. If you are interested point your Browser at the Ballot Pool Form in HTML which you need to fill out and submit to become a member of the 802.15 Wireless Personal Area Networks Balloting Pool.

Note 1: You can enter the LAN-MAN 802.15 Balloting Pool without an IEEE-SA Member Number but if you do not join the IEEE-SA then you will be dropped from the LAN-MAN 802.15 Balloting Group when it is formed.

Note 2: The 802.15.1 Balloting Group has been (invitation closed 24Jan01; Sponsor Ballot planned for Apr01 )  formed please contact our Standards Staff Liaison or Sponsor to be added:

• IEEE Standards Staff Liaison for IEEE 802: Denise Scozzafava.
• IEEE 802 Chair: Jim Carlo.

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